§ 16-35-7-3 — Adoptions of rules regarding certification of child death pathologists

(a) The medical licensing board may adopt
rules under IC 4-22-2 to certify a child death pathologist and to require
special training to conduct autopsies on child fatalities.
(b) A child death pathologist must be a physician:
(1) who is certified by the American Board of Pathology in
forensic pathology;
(2) who is certified in anatomic pathology by:
(A) the American Board of Pathology; or
(B) another certifying organization that:
(i) is comparable to the American Board of Pathology in its
adherence to nationally or internationally recognized
certification standards; and
(ii) has been approved and recognized by the medical
licensing board;
and has received special training in the area of child fatalities that
has been approved by the medical licensing board; or
(3) who has received certification in the area of forensic
pathology or child death pathology by a certifying organization
that:
(A) is comparable to the American Board of Pathology in its
adherence to nationally or internationally recognized
certification standards; and
(B) that has been approved and recognized by the medical
licensing board.
(c) The medical licensing board may approve an annual training
program or provide a training program for pathologists concerning new
procedures for child death investigations for physicians who want to
become child death pathologists under subsection (b)(2). In approving
or providing a training program, the medical licensing board shall
consult and coordinate with pathologists who have received:
(1) certification in forensic pathology by the American Board of
Pathology; or
(2) a comparable certification in forensic pathology.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.225-2007, SEC.1.